A Nation of Immigrants

Lesson 1

1. Define immigrant.
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2. Define emigrant.
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3. Why did people want to leave their native countries?

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4. Why did so many people think the United States was the
best place to move?
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5. What is discrimination?
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6. What was the potato blight?

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Starting Over
Lesson 2

1. Describe the typical immigrant family’s voyage across

the Atlantic. What was it like?
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2. How did immigrants decide where to settle once they

arrived?
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3. What were urban (city) immigrant neighborhoods like?

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4. Why did immigrants tend to settle near other people
from their native countries?

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5. What is a port?
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The New Immigration
Lesson 3

1. Why did immigration increase after the Civil War?

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2. What were some of the reasons people were immigrating

to America?
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3. What does it mean to persecute someone?
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4. How were the New Immigrants similar to and

different from the Old Immigrants?
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An uncertain welcome
Lesson 4

1. What is the Statue of Liberty’s importance in the story

of American immigration?
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2. What happened at Ellis Island?

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3. What does the word nativism mean?

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4. Who gave America the Statue of Liberty?

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5. Why is Ellis Island also referred to as the “Island of

Tears”?
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Becoming american
Lesson 5

1. Define the term melting pot.

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2. How did first-generation Americans try to make a life in

the United States?
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3. How did Americans attempt to welcome immigrants into

society?
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4. How did the American-born children of immigrants

differ from their parents?
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